How gender affects patterns of social relations and their impact on health: A comparison of one or multiple sources of support from "close persons"

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 811-825

  Fuhrer, R ^a,c   Stansfeld, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Close Persons Questionnaire; Gender; GHQ; Social support

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036180726     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00111-3     Document Type: Article

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